Head Start Teacher — On-the-Job CDA & Benefits

Maricopa County; Mesa (AZ); Vor Ort; USD 43.000 - 65.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Purposeful work

Work-life balance

Growth opportunities

Affordable healthcare

Paid time off

Wellness program

ASRS retirement

Zusammenfassung

Maricopa County is seeking a Head Start Teacher to promote active learning in a preschool classroom with a 1:10 ratio and 20 students per class. You will plan developmentally appropriate experiences, support language and literacy, and engage families through education and activities.

Qualified candidates have at least 1 year of licensed childcare teaching experience and an associate degree or higher in ECE or related field, with 18 ECE credits.

Qualifikationen

• One year of experience teaching in a licensed childcare or public pre-kindergarten setting.
• Associate's degree or higher in early childhood education, child development, or an equivalent college degree with 18 credits in early childhood education, child development, or infant/toddler development
• Bilingual skills in English and Spanish (preferred)

Aufgaben

• Assumes responsibility for the supervision, care, and welfare of the classroom children, to ensure their safety and well-being at all times
• Develops, organizes, and implements age-appropriate child education curriculum
• Plans classroom experiences that meet different developmental stages, interests, temperaments, learning styles, languages, and cultural backgrounds
• Develops and maintains a multicultural curriculum that utilizes developmentally appropriate practices
• Ensures compliance with all federal, state, and Office of Head Start Performance Standards regulations, Arizona licensing requirements, and program policies and procedures
• Respects, values, and supports each child and family background, and facilitates parent participation as equal partners in all aspects of the Educational Plans
• Develops and maintains positive relationships with each family, site team members, community agencies, community partners, and grantee staff members
• Assists with the recruitment and enrollment of children and families into the Maricopa County EED Program
• Ensures the classroom environment is safe, clean, orderly, and facilitates growth, development, and learning
• Assists with maintaining daily communication with parents and assists in conducting a minimum of two educational home visits and two parent/teacher conferences per family each program year
• Assists in the planning of child transitions into Head Start and out of Head Start to kindergarten

Kenntnisse

Bilingual English and Spanish

Ausbildung

Associate's degree or higher in ECE / related field

Jobbeschreibung

Maricopa County is seeking a Head Start Teacher to promote active learning in a preschool classroom with a 1:10 ratio and 20 students per class. You will plan developmentally appropriate experiences, support language and literacy, and engage families through education and activities.

Qualified candidates have at least 1 year of licensed childcare teaching experience and an associate degree or higher in ECE or related field, with 18 ECE credits.